path: root/libjava/gnu/java/security/Engine.java

/* Engine -- generic getInstance method.
   Copyright (C) 2003  Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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package gnu.java.security;

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;

import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.security.Provider;

/**
 * Generic implementation of the getInstance methods in the various
 * engine classes in java.security.
 * <p>
 * These classes ({@link java.security.Signature} for example) can be
 * thought of as the "chrome, upholstery, and steering wheel", and the SPI
 * (service provider interface, e.g. {@link java.security.SignatureSpi})
 * classes can be thought of as the "engine" -- providing the actual
 * functionality of whatever cryptographic algorithm the instance
 * represents.
 *
 * @see Provider
 * @author Casey Marshall 
 */
public final class Engine
{

  // Constants.
  // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  /** Prefix for aliases. */
  private static final String ALG_ALIAS = "Alg.Alias.";

  /** Maximum number of aliases to try. */
  private static final int MAX_ALIASES = 5;

  /** Argument list for no-argument constructors. */
  private static final Object[] NO_ARGS = new Object[0];

  // Constructor.
  // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  /** This class cannot be instantiated. */
  private Engine() { }

  // Class method.
  // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  /**
   * Get the implementation for <i>algorithm</i> for service
   * <i>service</i> from <i>provider</i>. The service is e.g.
   * "Signature", and the algorithm "DSA".
   *
   * @param service   The service name.
   * @param algorithm The name of the algorithm to get.
   * @param provider  The provider to get the implementation from.
   * @return The engine class for the specified algorithm; the object
   *         returned is typically a subclass of the SPI class for that
   *         service, but callers should check that this is so.
   * @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException If the implementation cannot be
   *         found or cannot be instantiated.
   * @throws InvocationTargetException If the SPI class's constructor
   *         throws an exception.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException If any of the three arguments are null.
   */
  public static Object getInstance(String service, String algorithm,
                                   Provider provider)
    throws InvocationTargetException, NoSuchAlgorithmException
  {
    return getInstance(service, algorithm, provider, NO_ARGS);
  }

  /**
   * Get the implementation for <i>algorithm</i> for service
   * <i>service</i> from <i>provider</i>, passing <i>initArgs</i> to the
   * SPI class's constructor (which cannot be null; pass a zero-length
   * array if the SPI takes no arguments). The service is e.g.
   * "Signature", and the algorithm "DSA".
   *
   * @param service   The service name.
   * @param algorithm The name of the algorithm to get.
   * @param provider  The provider to get the implementation from.
   * @param initArgs  The arguments to pass to the SPI class's
   *        constructor (cannot be null).
   * @return The engine class for the specified algorithm; the object
   *         returned is typically a subclass of the SPI class for that
   *         service, but callers should check that this is so.
   * @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException If the implementation cannot be
   *         found or cannot be instantiated.
   * @throws InvocationTargetException If the SPI class's constructor
   *         throws an exception.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException If any of the four arguments are null.
   */
  public static Object getInstance(String service, String algorithm,
                                   Provider provider, Object[] initArgs)
    throws InvocationTargetException, NoSuchAlgorithmException
  {
    if (service == null || algorithm == null
        || provider == null || initArgs == null)
      throw new IllegalArgumentException();

    // If there is no property "service.algorithm"
    if (provider.getProperty(service + "." + algorithm) == null)
      {
        // Iterate through aliases, until we find the class name or resolve
        // too many aliases.
        String alias = null;
        int count = 0;
        while ((alias = provider.getProperty(
                ALG_ALIAS + service + "." + algorithm)) != null)
          {
            if (algorithm.equals(alias))  // Refers to itself!
              break;
            algorithm = alias;
            if (count++ > MAX_ALIASES)
              throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException("too many aliases");
          }
        if (provider.getProperty(service + "." + algorithm) == null)
          throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException(algorithm);
      }

    // Find and instantiate the implementation.
    Class clazz = null;
    ClassLoader loader = provider.getClass().getClassLoader();
    Constructor constructor = null;
    String error = algorithm;

    try
      {
        if (loader != null)
          clazz = loader.loadClass(provider.getProperty(service+"."+algorithm));
        else
          clazz = Class.forName(provider.getProperty(service+"."+algorithm));
        constructor = getCompatibleConstructor(clazz, initArgs);
        return constructor.newInstance(initArgs);
      }
    catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe)
      {
        error = "class not found: " + algorithm;
      }
    catch (IllegalAccessException iae)
      {
        error = "illegal access: " + iae.getMessage();
      }
    catch (InstantiationException ie)
      {
        error = "instantiation exception: " + ie.getMessage();
      }
    catch (ExceptionInInitializerError eiie)
      {
        error = "exception in initializer: " + eiie.getMessage();
      }
    catch (SecurityException se)
      {
        error = "security exception: " + se.getMessage();
      }
    catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme)
      {
        error = "no appropriate constructor found";
      }

    throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException(error);
  }

  // Own methods.
  // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  /**
   * Find a constructor in the given class that can take the specified
   * argument list, allowing any of which to be null.
   *
   * @param clazz    The class from which to get the constructor.
   * @param initArgs The argument list to be passed to the constructor.
   * @return The constructor.
   * @throws NoSuchMethodException If no constructor of the given class
   *         can take the specified argument array.
   */
  private static Constructor getCompatibleConstructor(Class clazz,
                                                      Object[] initArgs)
    throws NoSuchMethodException
  {
    Constructor[] c = clazz.getConstructors();
    outer:for (int i = 0; i < c.length; i++)
      {
        Class[] argTypes = c[i].getParameterTypes();
        if (argTypes.length != initArgs.length)
          continue;
        for (int j = 0; j < argTypes.length; j++)
          {
            if (initArgs[j] != null &&
                !argTypes[j].isAssignableFrom(initArgs[j].getClass()))
              continue outer;
          }
        // If we reach this point, we know this constructor (c[i]) has
        // the same number of parameters as the target parameter list,
        // and all our parameters are either (1) null, or (2) assignable
        // to the target parameter type.
        return c[i];
      }
    throw new NoSuchMethodException();
  }
}